Shasta County Biographies
John Franklin Shoup
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John Franklin Shoup came to Shasta County in 1881 to stay, born May
28, 1868, in Green Valley, Tazewell County, Illinois. His father, Franklin Shoup was
in the fruit and berry business in Happy Valley. John Franklin and his brother
Austin Lee (aka Robert Lee) worked as teamsters hauling timber and supplies to the
mines. They also helped raise their half-sister Nancy Maria Shoup, who became
Mrs. George Webb. Laura Belle Webb was born in the Bald Hills near Ono on July
19, 1875. She was the fifth child of James Allen Webb and Elizabeth (McCormick)
Webb. After the death of James Webb her mother married Thomas Larkin in Shasta
County in 1881. Laura Belle grew up and went to school in the Bald Hills. John
Franklin Shoup and Laura Belle Webb were married by Rev. W.S. Kidder, January
29, 1893. They lived on the Larkin ranch and in several other places in the Bald Hills
while farming and raising turkeys. John Franklin continued to team and work on the
ranch trying to build up a cattle herd and add land to the ranch. They eventually quit
raising turkeys and went to cattle ranching. John Franklin Shoup passed away
December 4, 1944 and Laura Belle Shoup on August 16, 1950. They are buried at
the Ono Cemetery. John Franklin and Laura Belle had eight children: Clarence
Edward Born in Bald Hills Jan. 15, 1894 Leslie Edgar Born in Old Diggins Feb. 17,
1896 Bertie Alvin Born in Bald Hills Mar. 21, 1898 d.1960 Maude Eliazbeth Born in
Bald Hills July 22, 1900 John Austin Born in Bald Hills Dec. 8, 1902 d.1974 Chester
Harled Born in Bald Hills June 18, 1912 d.1913 Clara Belle Born in Ono Feb. 14, 1914
Erle Franklin Born in Happy Valley Dec. 14, 1919
Source: Shasta Co. Historical Society